Improvement in railway-rail supports



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Railway-Rail Support.

Patenied March 23, 1875- UNITED STATES PATENT QEEIcE.

SAMUEL L. PORTER AND DUANE PEGK, OF ROCHELLE, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN 'RAILWAY-RAIL SUPPORTS.

Specification forming part of Letters 'Patent No. 16H, 153, dated March 23, 1875; applir ation filed February 5, 1&575.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, SAMUEL L. PORTER and DUANE PEoK,of Rochelle, in the county of Ogle and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railroad-Ties,

of which the following is a specification:

The main object of this invention is to so confine the ends of the rails that the usual iishplates will be dispensed with; and it consists of a bed-plate having two strong ledges or lugs cast thereon, in combination with a castiron bloc-lr and key and a set-screw, all arranged as described. It also consists in oriioes through the top of the bed-plate for the admission of screw nuts and bolts, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a top view, showing the difierent parts in their proper position. Fig. 2 is a view oi the reverse side of the bed-plate. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of Fig. 1, taken on the line x x.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Al is the bed-plate, which rests upon the gravel-bed ofthe road. This plate is hollow on the under side, having supporting-ribs B, the lower edges of which ribs are on the same plane with the lower outside edge or bottom oi'theplate. Gisalugorledgeinsideoftherail, and cast `with the bed-plate or attached firmly thereto. D is a lug or ledgeon the outside of the rail, cast also with the plate. E is a block, which is iitted between the rail and the ledge C. This block is closely fitted to the web of the rail, and acts as a gage to keep therails separated the proper distance, the bed-iianges of the rails being notched to receive the projection F, as represented in Fig. l. The opposite side of the block has a V-shaped projection, G, which tits a recess of correspondin g shape in the ledge C. H is a key on the opposite side of the rail. This key is fitted closely to the web of the rail It extends to the bed-plate A, and upward as high as the tread of the rail. On its outside it has a notch, I, which receives the end of a set-screw, J. This set-screw passes through the ledge D, and securely holds the key in place. K K are bolts having diskheads L mgl square projecting centers M to receive a socket-wrench. N N are bolt-holes made through the top of the bed-plate A.

These bolt-orifices are made to admit the boltnut through the square portion O, and the slot l? allows the bolt to be moved diagonally up to the rail, so that the disk-head L will bear upon the base-iiange of the rail, as seen at Q, the bolt being turned tightlyT down with the socket-wrench before mentioned. R Rare the rails, which are the rails in ordinary use.

With this arrangement the rails may be coniined in the most substantial manner without the use of fish-plates or any other contrivance to coniine the ends.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desirev to secure by Letters Patentl. The bed-plate A, having ledges or lugs C and D, block E, key H, and-setscrew J, in combination with the rails R R, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The bed-plate provided with orifices N, having the square portion O and diagonal slot P, as and for the purpose specified.

SAMUEL LEWIS PORTER. DUANE PEGK.- Witnesses:

ALFRED S. HoADLEY, WILLIAM C. HOADLEY. 

